author/illustrator: Nuri Torrelles/Clara Corman
ages: 6+
52 pages
22.8 cm x 32.5 cm
hardcover
Original languages: Catalan, Spanish
Entredos (Spain)
So Close and Yet Unknow, Wonderful Plants
We don’t always see them, but we’re often surrounded by plants: we walk on them, smell them, touch them. And yet, they go unnoticed. This picture book invites us to look at them with fresh eyes and discover that the plant world is full of life, movement and surprising strategies.
Do plants move? Do they communicate with one another?Are they sensitive to light?An illustrated educational book, with colourful illustrationsand accessible yet accurate text, which restores the plantworld to its rightful place in our daily lives.THE AUTHORS
An educator and editor by training, Nuri Torrelles began her career as a teacher in 1983, then founded the publishing house ADDITIO in 1987, specializing in educational materials. From 2003, she devoted more than sixteen years to the Marimurtra Botanical Garden in Blanes, where she created a scientific outreach department and developed educational activities around the plant world. Alongside this, she collaborated with Bitò Producciones (2004–2006), designing educational resources based on theatre performances for young audiences. In 2011, she co-published the collection Camins de Salut, six guides on the medicinal plants of the Girona regions. In 2020, she co-founded the publishing house entreDos, focused on picture books, fiction, and comics.
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